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Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure
NEED TO KNOW • Over 50 unique skill moves • More than 35 unique global environments • Customisable matches Kinect Rush welcomes you to Pixar Park, the place where you’ll be transformed into your own colourful Pixar creation and begin an adventure alongside your favourite movie characters. What’s on the game agenda? Rescuing Mr Pricklepants from Big Al in Toy Story, saving Gusteau and the rat colony in Ratatouille and exploring the deep, dark jungles of South America in Up!, of course. Want more action? You’ll also find yourself racing alongside Lightning McQueen in Cars and becoming the new superhero on the block in the Incredibles. There a lot of moves and minigames with even more stories opening up as you complete levels. You’ll also collect coins along the way to unlock new abilities over and above the climbing, gliding, jumping, swimming, diving and dodging – all of which is picked up by the intuitive Kinect controller. Walking, for example, means moving your arms up and down but if you
want to run, you’ll have to pump them, tilting your shoulders for direction. It’s both entertaining and exhausting, you’ll be laughing but out of breathe at the same time. Not only is it a real treat to meet and interact with the Pixar characters, it’s great to see yourself as one. Your cartoon-self will change depending on what story you’re playing so you’ll also be a superhero rat or toy robot in the game, to name just two. Younger gamers will really appreciate the friendly voice acting, familiar environments and absence of health meters – meaning they can take their time to complete levels without the worry of it being over before they’re done. Kinect Rush may not be a long or complicated game, but it is a lot of fun for the whole family and an adventure that truly lets the imagination run wild. R399.95
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This game will turn living rooms into an animal habitats and players into a variety of animals. It’s nature knowledge gone interactive.
From using the power of The Force to taking place in an intergalactic dance off, this is Star Wars fun for the whole family.
66 | connect | may 2012